scholarly journals Covid-19 and the Apocalypse: Religious and Secular Perspectives

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Dein
Keyword(s):  
Economic Change ◽  
Sociopolitical Change ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
New Jerusalem ◽  
Finding Meaning

Abstract The current Covid-19 pandemic has led to existential crises. One way of finding meaning in this is through apocalyptic narratives. We differentiate between religious (based upon eschatology) and secular apocalypticism (based upon radical political and economic change) and argue that both are to be found in the wake of Covid-19 infection. For religious believers, the apocalypse signifies the rapture of the faithful into heaven while those on earth will undergo the tribulations. For secular believers, the apocalypse signifies sociopolitical change. The paper ends by speculating upon the socio-political and economic changes during and after the pandemic- the New Jerusalem.

Explaining the Decline of European Social Democracy: The Role of Structural Economic Change

1995 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 495-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonas Pontusson
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Time Series Data ◽  
Economic Change ◽  
Social Democracy ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Large Measure ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Social Democratic

Using a number of different quantitative measures, this article demonstrates that variations in the degree of social democratic decline in nine European countries can be viewed in large measure as a product of two structural economic changes: (1) the shift to smaller units of production; and (2) the growth of private nonindustrial employment. The article explores several causal arguments linking these variables to social democratic decline, and it marshals Swedish and British time-series data to show that the distribution of manufacturing employment by production unit helps explain both the rise and the decline of social democracy.

Jurisprudence, historical

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Stein
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Natural Law ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Political Power ◽  
Economic Change ◽  
Roman Law ◽  
Scottish Enlightenment ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
The Will

Historical jurisprudence is the title usually given to a group of theories, which flourished mainly in the nineteenth century, that explain law as the product of predetermined patterns of change based on social and economic change. It is thus opposed both to theories that see law as essentially an expression of the will of those holding political power (positivist theories) and to those that see it as an expression of principles that are part of man’s nature and so applicable in any kind of society (natural law theories). The writers of the Scottish Enlightenment first connected the historical development of law with economic changes. In the nineteenth century, Savigny and Maine postulated grand evolutionary schemes, which purported to be applicable universally. They were, however, based on the development of ancient Roman law and could only with difficulty be applied to other systems. These schemes are now discredited, but in the twentieth century more modest studies have successfully related particular kinds of law to particular sets of social circumstances.

Internal migration and socio-economic change in Laos

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kabmanivanh Phouxay ◽  
Gunnar Malmberg ◽  
Aina Tollefsen
Keyword(s):  
International Migration ◽  
Internal Migration ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Economic Change ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Urban Migration ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Migration Patterns ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Modernization Process

This study analyzes how the migration pattern in Laos is influenced by the regionally differentiated modernization process, socioeconomic change, international migration and resettlement, by using census data from 1995 and 2005. Though Laos has experienced a rather dramatic socio-economic change during this period the inter-district and inter-province migration rate has decreased. But the empirical analyses show an increasing rural-urban migration and indicate a strong impact on migration from socio-economic changes. But internal migration patterns are also influenced by international migration patterns and resettlement of rural populations. Although socio-economic changes are major determinants to migration, also regional policies and opportunities for international migration are key factors influencing migration in developing countries.

Literacy Learning and Economic Change

1999 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 373-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Brandt
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Life History ◽  
Oral History ◽  
Economic Change ◽  
Corporate Control ◽  
Literacy Learning ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Two Generations ◽  
The Relationship

In this article, Deborah Brandt discusses two cases from a larger study in which she documents the changing conditions of literacy learning as experienced by ordinary people in the twentieth century. Her discussion of the lives of two women, Martha Day and Barbara Hunt, is grounded in principles of oral history and life history research. She presents the analytic concept of a "sponsor" to identify any agent who supports or hampers opportunities for literacy learning in the lives of her subjects. Her discussion of sponsorship in the lives of these two women highlights the relationship between literacy learning and economic change. Though these women were born two generations apart, they both witnessed, albeit from different points in time, the steady decline of a farm-based economy and its transformation by the forces of industrialization and consolidation of land under corporate control. Brandt argues that the accounts of these two women can aid speculation about how economic changes impact the processes of literacy learning. She also discusses how the concept of sponsorship can be useful to teachers as a way of helping students to recognize who is interested in their literacy, and why.

scholarly journals DINAMIKA PERUBAHAN SOSIAL EKONOMI PADA MASYARAKAT KINDANG KABUPATEN BULUKUMBA

2020 ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Muhammad Yusuf ◽  
Andi Agustang
Keyword(s):  
Social Stratification ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Economic Change ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Mutual Cooperation ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Reform Period ◽  
The Impact

 This study aims to describe how the factors and processes of socio-economic change and the impact of socio-economic changes that occur in the Kindang Society of Bulukumba Regency. This type of research uses qualitative research. The technique in determining informants uses snowball sampling techniques, that is, without determining the criteria for informants, so the number of informants will always increase according to the information needs of the Kindang community in Bulukumba Regency. Data collection techniques used were observation, interviews and documentation. Data analysis techniques used by researchers through three stages of work, namely: data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. Validation of the data used is triangulation. The results of this study indicate that (1) the factors that determine the socio-economic changes of the kindang community are farm produce from clove production which is a familiar commodity with a very high economic value at this time with a high level of productivity in Bulukumba district. (2) The process of socio-economic change in the kindang community occurs between different circumstances and times, where the kindang community experiences an economic crisis in the new order, the formation of the BPPC (Clove Management Agency) which regulates and buys cloves at unreasonable prices, then occurs significant changes during the reform period, with the openness and freedom of the reform period until the price of cloves began to recover and freedom of the reformation period until the price of cloves began to recover and increase so that the welfare of the kindang community could prosper. (3) The impact of socio-economic changes that occur in the kindang community of Bulukumba district. namely improving the economic system of the Kindang community to become a prosperous society and higher social stratification, as well as growing public awareness in the fields of education, politics and culture. Culture in this case encompasses lifestyles and relationships and modern lifestyles so that eroding local cultures such as mutual cooperation have begun to diminish.

scholarly journals Language and Nature in Southern and Eastern Arabia

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Kaltham Al-Ghanim ◽  
Janet C E Watson
Keyword(s):  
Economic Change ◽  
The United States ◽  
Language Attrition ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
The World ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Local Languages

This paper examines the relationship between language and nature in southern and eastern Arabia. The work is the result of a two-year interdisciplinary network between the University of Leeds and Qatar University, with partners in the UK, Oman, Canada, the United States, and Russia. Our hypothesis is that local languages and ecosystems enjoy a symbiotic relationship, and that the demise of local ecosystems will adversely affect local languages. In this paper, we examine some of the language–nature effects in Qatar and Dhofar, southern Oman. Our regions differ in that Qatar has two seasons, summer and winter, and is predominantly arid, with occasional rain, while Dhofar together with al-Mahrah in eastern Yemen has four distinct seasons, receiving the monsoon rains between June and September, and, as a result, is home to hundreds of plants and animals found nowhere else in the world. Since the 1970s, in particular, both regions have experienced some of the most rapid socio-economic changes in the world. We ask what affect this socio-economic change has had on the language–nature relationship, and suggest that decoupling of the human–nature relationship as a result of socio-economic change is contributing in these regions to language attrition. We consider spatial terminology, traditional terminology for weather, the traditional measurement of time by narratives around key climatic events, and the role of stars in determining the weather and their role in folklore.

Restructuring Educational Systems and Promoting Social Justice for Young People Involved in Drug Trafficking in Brazil

2019 ◽  
Vol 227 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Sandro Gomes Pessoa ◽  
Linda Liebenberg ◽  
Dorothy Bottrell ◽  
Silvia Helena Koller
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Young People ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Drug Trafficking ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Development Goals

Abstract. Economic changes in the context of globalization have left adolescents from Latin American contexts with few opportunities to make satisfactory transitions into adulthood. Recent studies indicate that there is a protracted period between the end of schooling and entering into formal working activities. While in this “limbo,” illicit activities, such as drug trafficking may emerge as an alternative for young people to ensure their social participation. This article aims to deepen the understanding of Brazilian youth’s involvement in drug trafficking and its intersection with their schooling, work, and aspirations, connecting with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 4 and 16 as proposed in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the United Nations in 2015 .

Finding Meaning in Meaning Research

PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 58 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
William E. Smythe
Keyword(s):  
Finding Meaning
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